Aredhel Posted March 19, 2014 Posted March 19, 2014 Thank you very much for sharing. That one is really amazing! I especially love the little trees around the lake and the (I guess) church. Quote
Ulrik Hansen Posted March 20, 2014 Author Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) Thank you very much for sharing. That one is really amazing! I especially love the little trees around the lake and the (I guess) church. I am really glad you like it the trees and other vegatation is good for making the city more fresh. There are six churches in all. Edited March 20, 2014 by Ulrik Hansen Quote
rollermonkey Posted March 20, 2014 Posted March 20, 2014 OMG. I just realized you have Tivoli in there! The microscale is amazing in general, and the insane amount of SNOT is absolutely ridiculous. Did you pre-plan everything, or was it more of a 'we'll figure it out as we go' kind of build? Quote
Ulrik Hansen Posted March 20, 2014 Author Posted March 20, 2014 (edited) OMG. I just realized you have Tivoli in there! The microscale is amazing in general, and the insane amount of SNOT is absolutely ridiculous. Did you pre-plan everything, or was it more of a 'we'll figure it out as we go' kind of build? I did the whole layout in (Adobe) Illustrator first to adapt every single street to it's nearest possible angle. Many solutions came along the way. I had to tweek some blocks that did not get the full space originally intended and so on. I did all the churches and other bigger buildings quite early in the process plus half of Tivoli and then on the day of my deadline I did the rest of it Edited March 20, 2014 by Ulrik Hansen Quote
viracocha Posted March 26, 2014 Posted March 26, 2014 Very impressive! I come back from time to time to find some more cute details of your MOC. Very clever, very cool! Quote
Ulrik Hansen Posted March 28, 2014 Author Posted March 28, 2014 For those interested I have posted this photo in the thread about the angle system: Quote
Ulrik Hansen Posted July 16, 2014 Author Posted July 16, 2014 Joe Meno recently interviewed me for his BrickJournal 30 about this MOC. Just thought I'd mention :) Quote
Ulrik Hansen Posted December 2, 2015 Author Posted December 2, 2015 Here's a clone of my model that I was commissioned to do last spring. I did some optimizations plus had to make a few compromises too. Try to spot the differences :) Quote
Ulrik Hansen Posted February 21, 2016 Author Posted February 21, 2016 I have started work on expanding the model towards Kongens Nytorv and Nyhavn. Quote
Tech Artist Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) This is amazing! I love all the little details. I have a question. Is this the Lego Store in Copenhagen? I tried to compare your creation to a map of Copenhagen on Google(shown in bottom right corner) to see if I could find it. Edited February 22, 2016 by Tech Artist Quote
Ulrik Hansen Posted February 22, 2016 Author Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) Yes, that's exactly it :) in th MOC a yellow LEGO truck is loading goods from the side alley where they also have entrance to the store. Edited February 27, 2016 by Ulrik Hansen Quote
Tech Artist Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 Yes, that's exactly it :) in th MOC a yellow LEGO truck is loading goods from the side alley where they also have entrance to the store. That is awesome. Love the attention to detail! That is an interesting store front. Looks almost like it is closed yet open at the same time. Quote
Ulrik Hansen Posted February 22, 2016 Author Posted February 22, 2016 That is awesome. Love the attention to detail! That is an interesting store front. Looks almost like it is closed yet open at the same time. Imagine how stupid it would be not to include the LEGO Store :D :D people asking: ... so where is the LEGO Store??? The store pictures were taken some time before launch, which is why the windows are covered. Quote
Brickprawn Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 I've just returned from Copenhagen and I think this looks fantastic! I look forward to seeing the expansions, great work! Quote
KlodsBrik Posted February 26, 2016 Posted February 26, 2016 I did see this at LEGO World back when it was displayed. Unfortunately I didn´t have a chance to chat with you, as I think Lasse was at your display while you were gone for whatever reason. Looking forward to seeing your expansion of it. Its very impressive already indeed ! Fantastisk flot !! Quote
Ulrik Hansen Posted February 26, 2016 Author Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) Thanks for the interrest and encouragement, guys. For quite some time I didn't think I'd ever expand it. No matter in what direction or how much, it would never be enough – people easily go: Why is that missing? Or that? Or that? At LEGO World 2014 there was quite a few spectators who had their appartment just outside the frame, and it made me think about what would be reasonable, if ... There is one simple reason for not building this style at all. It takes so many different tiny elements. And all those cheese slopes etc. are not cheap on bricklink. Last time I had some support and this time I am on my own so it really has to make sense if to be expanded. The goal is the structural recognition, and Kongens Nytorv is where all the tourists go, so you could say I drew the line a little too early on the original, but I had to be realistic with materials and build-time. Tourists go even further towards Frederiksstaden (Amalienborg, Marmorkirken) and past Kastellet to see the Little Mermaid but the latter is way too small to even depict in 1:1500. So the expansion makes sense as an extra 48 studs like this: Edited October 25, 2017 by Ulrik Hansen Quote
Ulrik Hansen Posted September 1, 2016 Author Posted September 1, 2016 (edited) Finally I can show you the extension of Copenhagen Microscale that I have been working on for some months. There is a square (Kongens Nytorv) and a canal (Nyhavn) that is popular with both turists and citizens in general. Anyway, I hope you like it. I have lots of close ups in my Flickr gallery. This image is the first one of the extension range of the album: Edited September 27, 2016 by Ulrik Hansen Quote
polarstein Posted September 4, 2016 Posted September 4, 2016 Awesome! What an incredible project. Quote
Ulrik Hansen Posted September 4, 2016 Author Posted September 4, 2016 (edited) Awesome! What an incredible project. Thanks for the compliment :) I just dug your different builds on Flickr :D very nice! I have more cities with different landscapes in the pipeline, but given the time for planning and creation (and most annoyingly its fragile nature), it's hard to keep the high output rate that is common with many popular builders. Right now I'm looking to upgrade my shelving system to be able to work on many different areas without running out of table space :) Edited September 4, 2016 by Ulrik Hansen Quote
Ulrik Hansen Posted February 24, 2017 Author Posted February 24, 2017 (edited) Another great LEGO World in Bella Center, Copenhagen is behind us, and I thank all the people who were there, and those who came by to visit me and my model. Edited February 25, 2017 by Ulrik Hansen Typo Quote
tpvelo Posted March 2, 2017 Posted March 2, 2017 saw it at Lego World. It looks even more impressive in real life :) Quote
koalayummies Posted March 2, 2017 Posted March 2, 2017 Absolutely incredible. The detail, accuracy, building techniques and beauty of the whole creation are astonishingly fantastic. Truly remarkable! Quote
Ulrik Hansen Posted August 27, 2017 Author Posted August 27, 2017 Finally, I present to you a new version of my City of Copenhagen model. This time it's done in a simplified color scheme to resemble a typical scale model of architectural projects. More importantly it needed to be elegant since it has been build for the LEGO House and will be exhibited in the Blue Zone. I continue to evolve my techniques so you may be able to notice some differences here and there. Also, a city is in constant change and thus some details in the model attest to that fact. Here is a link to the gallery. Below are a few samples. Quote
henrysunset Posted August 29, 2017 Posted August 29, 2017 Amazing work on the 2017 revised edition. It must be such an honor to have your work displayed at the LEGO House. Quote
Ulrik Hansen Posted August 29, 2017 Author Posted August 29, 2017 3 hours ago, henrysunset said: Amazing work on the 2017 revised edition. It must be such an honor to have your work displayed at the LEGO House. Thanks. A very big honor indeed. The worst was the first two years (2012-2014) when I hadn't proven my vision yet. I'm glad I kept at it Quote
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